"My body... My rules."
@TheInvisibleMan (17594)
January 30, 2017 10:20pm CST
Today a very uncomfortable situation happened in the office (more precisely at lunch time). One of my co-workers was "harassed" because of the clothes she was wearing.
She was passing with the lunch tray when one of the cleaning staff whistled at her. She didn't like it and came back to take satisfaction. He in turn replied saying that her clothes asked for it (WTF?! 
). At that very moment she screamed "My body... My rules".
Before the situation got worse, both were taken by their superiors to talk. I still don't know the rest of what happened.
Well, in my opinion, the company has rules and she couldn't have gone beyond what was allowed. She has every right to wear whatever clothes she wants (she's free for that), but there are the right places for that. At the same time that the cleaning staff should have controlled himself. He was very rude and unfortunately he only grossly reinforced all the chauvinism that still strongly exists.
). At that very moment she screamed "My body... My rules".
Before the situation got worse, both were taken by their superiors to talk. I still don't know the rest of what happened.
Well, in my opinion, the company has rules and she couldn't have gone beyond what was allowed. She has every right to wear whatever clothes she wants (she's free for that), but there are the right places for that. At the same time that the cleaning staff should have controlled himself. He was very rude and unfortunately he only grossly reinforced all the chauvinism that still strongly exists.10 people like this
12 responses
@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
31 Jan 17
that person who whistled should be fired. That is very rude and would not be allowed in our workplaces.
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@PainsOnSlate (21845)
• Canada
2 Jun 17
@hitesh1531 don't agree with you - it is not allowed to harasses women or men for what they are wearing. Its rude, crude and lewd.
@shaynas (5486)
• India
31 Jan 17
This is sick. I feel the mentality should change! I wonder how the cleaning staff dared like this, here in my workplace, not even colleagues or seniors for that matter can do anything like that. There would be strict disciplinary actions against them.
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@allknowing (153529)
• India
31 Jan 17
Cleaning staff doing that is never heard of. Wonder what the supervisor decided. Hope he took the cleaning staff to task.
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@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
1 Feb 17
People should always dress respectfully. Too many men and women dress like they are going to the beach or a park when headed for work. However, no one has a 'right' to whistle at a man or a woman. We all know what this insinuates, and adults should start acting like adults.
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
31 Jan 17
I'm surprised that he did that if she abides by the dress code (pretty sure not many companies allow employees to wear clothes that are revealing).
@ilocosboy (45155)
• Philippines
31 Jan 17
It's just the cause and effect, she wears that... she gets the prize, whether she likes it or not. If everybody will have the right to say 'm body my rules', what will happen to our world.
@GegeTheMechanic (1060)
• Finland
31 Jan 17
So sad to hear he said her clothes ask for it... Clearly she didn't ask for that kind of attention
